CK - Political 3

Do you want to know all of the important facts about Nelson Mandela? Amongst many other things, the first democratically elected president of South Africa spent 27 years in jail, brought an end to a……続きを見る

Friedrich Reck might seem an unlikely rebel against Nazism. Not just a conservative but a rock-ribbed reactionary, he played the part of a landed gentleman, deplored democracy, and rejected the mode……続きを見る

Edmund Burke claimed to be a practical politician, rather than a theorist. Nevertheless, says the author, Burke held consistent political principles which form a coherent political theory. By examin……続きを見る

The name Jack Abramoff is synonymous with Washington scandal, but the fascinating facts of his case are either largely unknown or wildly misunderstood. His memoir will serve as a corrective - an eng……続きを見る

Viscount Richard Burdon Haldane was a philosopher, lawyer, British MP, and member of the British Cabinet during the First World War. He is best known to Canadians as a judge of the Judicial Committe……続きを見る

When George Washington became the new United States of Americas first president, he set several precedents, including one on April 30, 1789. That day, Washington was inaugurated as president, and fo……続きを見る

The 57 Club was the self-assigned name of the thirty-nine legislators first elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 1956. Karl's fascinating autobiography not only recalls those years, wh……続きを見る

Any look at Stephen Harper and the new Conservative party requires an examination of the evangelical Christian legacy coming out of both the Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative parties. I……続きを見る

Over the course of his long and controversial career, Joschka Fischer evolved from an archetypal 1960s radical--a firebrand street activist--into a shrewd political insider, operating at the heights……続きを見る

I joined the teachers’ revolution of the 60s, expecting to work for a just and honored profession. Colliding symbiotic values fomented into the experiences that defined my future. The established or……続きを見る

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Frederick DOUGLASS (c.1818 - 1895) Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is a memoir and treatise on abolition written by famous orator and ex-slave……続きを見る

Do you want to know all of the important facts about Barack Obama? Amongst many other things, the 44th US President battled a global economic crisis, pulled troops out of war-torn Iraq and introduce……続きを見る

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is an 1845 memoir and treatise on abolition written by famous orator and former slave Frederick Douglass. It is generally held to be the most famous of a ……続きを見る

As "Savior of the Union" and the "Great Emancipator," Abraham Lincoln has been lauded for his courage, wisdom, and moral fiber. Yet Frederick Douglass's assertion that Lincoln was the "white man's p……続きを見る

Pius XII: The Dark Side reveals that Eugenio Pacelli, who became Pope Pius XII, rather than being principally a pastor, was a fixated, narcissistic diplomat and politician. The book tells the true s……続きを見る

My Bondage and My Freedom is an autobiographical slave narrative written by Frederick Douglass and published in 1855. It is the second of three autobiographies written by Douglass, and is mainly an ……続きを見る

After several years as a small-town lawyer in Alpena, Frank J. Kelley was unexpectedly appointed Michigan’s attorney general at the end of 1961. He never suspected that he would continue to serve un……続きを見る

The first chronicle of Stalin's inner political and social circleーfrom a leading Soviet historian Stalin was the unchallenged dictator of the Soviet Union for so long that most historians have dism……続きを見る

Ronald Reagan assumed the presidency at a time when Japan and Europe, fully recovered from wartime devastation, threatened America’s position as the number one economy in the world. Manufacturing wa……続きを見る

Elizabeth Keckley’s Behind the Scenes: Or, Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House is both a riveting slave narrative and a fascinating insider’s look at the First Family during the L……続きを見る

As British prime minister from 1945 to 1951, Clement Attlee built a legacy that includes today’s famousーand controversialーNational Health Service, yet he is often remembered as a rather dull polit……続きを見る

Deel twee van de autobiografische trilogie van Mocienne Petit Jackson begint met een uitgebreide beschrijving van Mociennes ontvoering naar Nederland. Vervolgens lezen we hoe het haar vergaat in het……続きを見る

King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain are most often remembered for the epochal voyage of Christopher Columbus. But the historic landfall of October 1492 was only a secondary event of the year.……続きを見る

30 Jahre Manager des FC Bayern München, Nationalspieler, Wurstfabrikant, einziger Überlebender eines Flugzeugabsturzes und dann Beschuldigter in einer Steueraffäre, bei der es um Millionen geht: Uli……続きを見る

Wenn Uli Hoeneß anruft, meldet er sich mit 'Hallo! Hier ist Hoeneß!'. Das hat sich seit 1979 nicht verändert. So lange schon lenkt er die Geschicke des FC Bayern München, den er in der finanziellen ……続きを見る

mit Geleitwort von Walter Kohl, Sohn des Bundeskanzlers a.D. Einfach kann jeder - nur Hindernisse machen stark. Ein Widerspruch? Nicht, wenn es nach Martin Limbeck geht. Und er muss es wissen! Mit s……続きを見る

In this book, bestselling author Martin Limbeck offers us abehind-the-scenes glimpse: Through numerous biographical episodes he chronicles his rise from an average guy to anexceptional sales profess……続きを見る

'Compelling' Ian McEwan 'Engrossing' Alan Johnson 'Essential' Robert Peston *THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER* Politics has changed. For decades Britain was divided between Left and Right but united in i……続きを見る

Don’t like history? You’re probably reading the wrong books. Read History Bytes, and you’re gonna think, wow! Why didn’t somebody tell me that? American history is full of strange paradoxes, and tha……続きを見る

Of the original Gilded Age, historian Richard Hofstadter wrote: “There is no other period in the nation’s history when politics seems so completely dwarfed by economic changes, none in which the lif……続きを見る